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Archaeologists In Austria Just Unearthed A 25,000-Year-Old Site Full Of Mammoth Bones

Archaeologists at the Langmannersdorf an der Perschling site in Lower Austria found bones belonging to five mammoths as well as evidence of how prehistoric people processed their remains.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 21, 2025

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Archaeologists In Austria Just Unearthed A 25,000-Year-Old Site Full Of Mammoth Bones

Archaeologists at the Langmannersdorf an der Perschling site in Lower Austria found bones belonging to five mammoths as well as evidence of how prehistoric people processed their remains.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 21, 2025

New Study Suggests That Prehistoric Iguanas Rafted 5,000 Miles Across The Pacific From North America Before Landing On Fiji

The study theorizes that Fiji's iguanas made their way across 5,000 miles of ocean from North America atop "rafts" made from vegetation or uprooted trees.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 19, 2025

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New Study Suggests That Prehistoric Iguanas Rafted 5,000 Miles Across The Pacific From North America Before Landing On Fiji

The study theorizes that Fiji's iguanas made their way across 5,000 miles of ocean from North America atop "rafts" made from vegetation or uprooted trees.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 19, 2025

Hundreds Of Unknown Creatures Found In The ‘Lost City Of The Monkey God’ In Honduras

Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program spent three weeks traversing the rainforests of Honduras, discovering and documenting hundreds of species — and some are entirely new to science.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 19, 2025

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Hundreds Of Unknown Creatures Found In The ‘Lost City Of The Monkey God’ In Honduras

Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program spent three weeks traversing the rainforests of Honduras, discovering and documenting hundreds of species — and some are entirely new to science.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 19, 2025

Where Is The Coldest Place On Earth? Inside 11 Locations That Have Reported Record-Low Temperatures

From Antarctica's remote Vostok Station to the bustling Russian city of Yakutsk, these places frequently see temperatures drop well below zero and are covered in snow and ice for the majority of the year.

By Austin Harvey • Mar 15, 2025

Where Is The Coldest Place On Earth? Inside 11 Locations That Have Reported Record-Low Temperatures

From Antarctica's remote Vostok Station to the bustling Russian city of Yakutsk, these places frequently see temperatures drop well below zero and are covered in snow and ice for the majority of the year.

By Austin Harvey • March 15, 2025

Deer Hunter Stumbles Upon A ‘Very Rare’ Mammoth Tusk On A Ranch In West Texas

The tusk belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a cousin of the woolly mammoth that went extinct in the region 11,700 years ago.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 14, 2025

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Deer Hunter Stumbles Upon A ‘Very Rare’ Mammoth Tusk On A Ranch In West Texas

The tusk belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a cousin of the woolly mammoth that went extinct in the region 11,700 years ago.

By Amber Morgan • March 14, 2025

A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia

A stone slab that's been sitting in a high school for more than 20 years contains the "one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints" ever found in Australia.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 13, 2025

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A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia

A stone slab that's been sitting in a high school for more than 20 years contains the "one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints" ever found in Australia.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 13, 2025

‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral

Roughly 800 "Ocean Census" researchers participated in 10 expeditions to every corner of the globe and uncovered a wealth of bizarre, beautiful, and singular species that were unknown until now.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 13, 2025

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‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral

Roughly 800 "Ocean Census" researchers participated in 10 expeditions to every corner of the globe and uncovered a wealth of bizarre, beautiful, and singular species that were unknown until now.

By Amber Morgan • March 13, 2025

33 Otherworldly Photos That Show The Beauty — And Danger — Of Tanzania’s Lake Natron

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is so alkaline that just three species of fish can survive in its waters, and it calcifies birds that die on its shores.

By Erin Kelly • Mar 9, 2025

33 Otherworldly Photos That Show The Beauty — And Danger — Of Tanzania’s Lake Natron

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is so alkaline that just three species of fish can survive in its waters, and it calcifies birds that die on its shores.

By Erin Kelly • March 9, 2025

A New Species Of Golden Scaleless Fish Has Been Discovered In The Caves Of Southwest China

The Xingren golden-lined fish lives only in caves near Xingren City, China, and the species is seemingly in the middle of evolving to adapt to its dark habitat.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 6, 2025

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A New Species Of Golden Scaleless Fish Has Been Discovered In The Caves Of Southwest China

The Xingren golden-lined fish lives only in caves near Xingren City, China, and the species is seemingly in the middle of evolving to adapt to its dark habitat.

By Amber Morgan • March 6, 2025

Fortingall Yew Is The Oldest Known Tree In The United Kingdom — And It’s At Risk Because Of Overtourism

The Fortingall Yew may have been growing when the Pyramids and Stonehenge were being built.

By Natasha Ishak • Feb 28, 2025

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Fortingall Yew Is The Oldest Known Tree In The United Kingdom — And It’s At Risk Because Of Overtourism

The Fortingall Yew may have been growing when the Pyramids and Stonehenge were being built.

By Natasha Ishak • February 28, 2025